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.. _templating_now:
The now function: get the current time
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.. versionadded:: 2.8
The ``now()`` Jinja2 function retrieves a Python datetime object or a string representation for the current time.
The ``now()`` function supports 2 arguments:
utc
Specify ``True`` to get the current time in UTC. Defaults to ``False``.
fmt
Accepts a `strftime <https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior>`_ string that returns a formatted date time string.
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